For the dedicated or fixated etymologists among you (Hi Alison!) I must report I've been unable to track down my original source book: its not in *the usual place* which in our house means its lost for months or maybe years. :(
it was a collection of essays on the early history of Iceland, examining the thesis that a good number of settlers were Norwegian nobility who had become political exiles. It presented its case using a close study of place names, personal names and Icelandic terms. The author was Icelandic, but I don't have a firm recollection. Einar Palsson perhaps?
I look forward to advice from the experts. :)
Cheers
John
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